Beware the Ides of March

On the Ides of March (or March 15), 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated, at the foot of a statue of Pompey where the senate was meeting. In his famous play, Shakespeare wrote of the warning given to Caesar before the date by a seer. In his 1798 rendition of the event entitled "Mort de César," Vincenzo Camuccini painted the image of the foreboding doom for Caesar, pictured below.

But the Ides of March has yet another significance for Shahrzad and I. This year, the ides of March will mark our fourth anniversary. We are planning a dinner at a fancy place in downtown Scottsdale. To my beloved Shahrzad: I love you... And, yep! That is what we looked like 4 years ago!